Tag: Illinois
IBEW 309 retirees give their skills and time for Heart and...
RETIREES FROM IBEW LOCAL 309 have been at it again, donating their time and skills to help East Side Heart and Home Family Center...
Manar passes measure to increase Illinois teachers’ minimum salary
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Springfield, IL – State Senator Andy Manar (D-Bunker Hill) passed legislation last week aimed at eliminating the state’s teacher shortage by increasing...
Former union member Reitz appointed to House vacancy
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Red Bud, IL – Democratic Party chairmen have appointed Nathan D. Reitz, a former union member and the son of a former...
$5,000 college scholarship honors Iron Worker’s 392’s Charles Hopkins
BY CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
East St. Louis, IL – A longtime leader of Iron Workers Local 392, the late Charles J. Hopkins, is being honored...
Mother Jones returns for May Day honors
By ROBERT KELLY
Correspondent
Mt. Olive, IL – The legendary Labor leader and activist Mother Jones was honored at the annual May Day ceremony here for...
Family members share love and sorrow at Illinois Workers’ Memorial
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Alton, IL – Death on the job is the nightmare of every worker and family, group of co-workers and friends left to...
Estimated $30,000 raised at Labor/United Way Trap Shoot
East Alton, IL – Some $30,000 was raised at the 11th annual Labor/United Way Trap Shoot & BBQ April 26 at the Winchester Trap...
Union leaders, pension recipients get death threat
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Springfield, IL – Legislators, plus state employees, teachers and their union leaders, were threatened recently in letters sent to them in...
Anti-union lawyers sue AFSCME for fees collected prior to Janus decision
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Chicago, IL – Efforts to weaken public employee unions took another turn recently when nine Illinois state workers sued AFSCME Council...
Local unions join forces to handbill non-union Tiger Plumbing
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Collinsville, Ill. – Madison County residents are familiar with the small cards that Tiger Plumbing, Heating, Air Conditioning and Electrical Service...